Democratic Legislative Agenda

Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Jesse Hamilton talked by remote video from Hartford, Conn., about the Democratic agenda for the upcoming 111th…
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Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Jesse Hamilton talked by remote video from Hartford, Conn., about the Democratic agenda for the upcoming 111th Congress, and the economic measures to be addressed in the remaining session of the 110th Congress, focusing on a bailout for the auto industry. Topics included selecting committee chairs and leadership elections, including the possibility of him succeeding Representative Emanuel as chair of the caucus. He talked about how House leaders plan to run the Congress, and how they would work with the new Democratic president as well as with the “lame duck” Bush administration. After the interview, the reporters discussed his responses with the host. close

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*The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.